AI’s real Alignment Issue
AI has an alignment issue, but it’s not what you think. Alignment is famously tricky with AI, and one of the things most talked about among AI critics…
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re:publica is a wrap
This week I attended re:publica, Germany’s most relevant tech & society conference. I’ve been going since year 1 (2007) — not every year, and often not for the…
Refractive Fragmentation — where did social media go?
“An X never, ever marks the spot,” Indiana Jones once famously stated. Only in this one particular case, it totally does: When Twitter became X, it very much…
Ways to think about alternative social media
We know the many ways social media platforms are failing us. But/and I think it would be tremendously helpful to expand our vocabulary and thinking about these things…
Consider the Budget Airline Deployment (B.A.D.)
Tech is a sector that’s full of hype, and of utopian promises. Social media will revive democracy! AI will cure cancer and solve the climate crisis! Some of…
Working with Civitates
A quick transparency update: I’m happy to share that I’ve recently started working with Civitates, a philanthropic initiative for democracy and solidarity in Europe. In Civitates’ own words:…
Tech at the Center
In recent conversations, we repeatedly touched on the point that in some of the biggest societal challenges — specifically ongoing threats to democracy — tech appears to be…